CAVIRC.net - Serbia: Beograd is the right place where to find best investment opportunities.

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Serbia: Beograd is the right place where to find best investment opportunities. Beograd has been awarded as &quot;Best Future City of the European South-East during&quot; a competition called by the most famous magazine Financial Times. In fact, Beograd results to be the best location for investments within the Balkan Area.  The awarding criteria used for the selection were twenty-eight, all included within seven macro-categories.  Among these, has been of considerable importance the forecast for the economic growth, which is foreseen to overcome the 6% for the year 2005 while previsions for foreign investments, always considering the 2005, are 1.65 billons euros.  Foreign investments that are really having an important impact in the Serbian economy are mainly the Italian Banca Intesa, the American Ball Packaging and of the German Metro Cash &amp; Carry.  This last investment in Beograd has been the biggest of the whole 2004 and Microsoft in the Serbian Capital created its first Software Development Centre. </PRE>